3 Million Gallons of Seawater Leaked into Missouri River Spillway - Polidicks

[quote]WILLISTON, N.D. - Almost 3 million gallons of potentially toxic saltwater leaked from a western North Dakota pipeline into a creek that feeds the Missouri River, the largest spill of its kind in the state's history.The leak, from a four-inch saltwater pipeline operated by Summit Midstream Partners LP approximately 15 miles north of Williston, occurred earlier this month and was reported to state officials on Jan. 7. It's not clear what caused the leak and an investigation is underway, a Summit spokesman said. Saltwater spills are not uncommon in the oil patch, though the size of the Summit leak has caught many by surprise. While the spill was first reported publicly Jan. 8, a statement late Wednesday from the Department of Health was the first to disclose the spill's volume. The impact of spill on the local environment and the length of time needed for a cleanup is being assessed, officials said, though mop-up operations from other smaller accidents have taken years. "Our goal is: you make the mess, you clean it up," said Dave Glatt, spokesman for theNorth Dakota Department of Health. Saltwater is a byproduct of the hydraulic fracturing process, or fracking. The water has a much higher concentration of brine than regular saltwater, and can contain petroleum and metal filings picked up during the fracking process. Typically it is filtered and re-injected back into the earth after oil is extracted, though pipelines or trucks are required to transport it to injection sites. The leak does not pose a threat to drinking water supplies, the North Dakota Department of Health said in a statement released on Wednesday. Summit said it does not believe wildlife was affected. Several boom barriers had been placed in Blacktail Creek downstream from the brokenpipe, according to a Reuters reporter who visited the area on Thursday. Parts of the creek were laced with a copper-colored sediment that did not resemble typical North Dakotasoil, the reporter said. Remediation officials would not allow access to the site of the damaged pipe, which was a few hundred yards away from a small Lutheran church. It is by far the largest saltwater spill ever in North Dakota, eclipsing a leak of about 1 million gallons last July from a Crestwood Midstream Partners pipeline into Lake Sakakawea. The saltwater from the Summit line leaked into a creek that passes by Williston, considered the capital of the state's oil boom, and flows into the Missouri River. Williston's drinking water comes from the Missouri River, though the city's water department has the ability to turn off collection valves until any harmful material washes downstream.[/quote] [URL="http://www.wdaz.com/news/north-dakota/3662559-millions-gallons-saltwater-leak-north-dakota-creek"]WDAZ 8[/URL] ohh you fucking cunts. Someone better get their head ripped off regarding this.

[quote]Saltwater is a byproduct of the hydraulic fracturing process, or fracking[/quote] Color me not surprised, Fracking is more harmful than helpful.

For frack sake. What can they even do to control and remove this contamination.

[QUOTE=Arrows;47000412]For frack sake. What can they even do to control and remove this contamination.[/QUOTE] The biggest cheesecloth the world has ever seen. [editline]24th January 2015[/editline] [quote]Summit has hired Stantec Inc to clean up the spill. About 2 million gallons of water have been pulled so far from one of the affected creeks, though it was not immediately clear if that amount was all saltwater or normal water flow.[/quote] I guess they have a desalination contraption over there.

[QUOTE=BANNED USER;46999856]Color me not surprised, Fracking is more harmful than helpful.[/QUOTE] It's as harmful as most other methods of drilling for oil and gas.

I've lived in williston for 2 years and have avoided the tap water so far, I guess I'll continue doing that...

Millions of gallons of peaceful wild organic cheerful happy water.

[QUOTE=jaredop;47005217]I've lived in williston for 2 years and have avoided the tap water so far, I guess I'll continue doing that...[/QUOTE] Yeah I wouldn't want to drink the water either if I lived near fracking...

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;47005648]Yeah I wouldn't want to drink the water either if I lived near fracking...[/QUOTE] I ran out of bottle water, this may be the end

[QUOTE=jaredop;47005962]I ran out of bottle water, this may be the end[/QUOTE] Maybe it's time I introduce you to a man named Bear Grills.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;47006143]Maybe it's time I introduce you to a man named Bear Grills.[/QUOTE] That or the modern science of distilation

[QUOTE=Sableye;47006419]That or the modern science of distilation[/QUOTE] Or the modern science of buying more bottled water

[QUOTE=paul simon;47006452]Or the modern science of buying more bottled water[/QUOTE] i don't think that's past clinical trials yet

just drink elephant piss from a snake carcus like grylls.

3 Million Gallons of Seawater Leaked into Missouri River Spillway - Its just seawater, it will eventually return back into the sea, normal sensationalist article *reads the article* - Nope, its fracking saltwater with who knows what contaminants inside, a very bad thing to have

It's not seawater, it's fracking fluid.